KANGAR: A freelance preacher has been remanded for two days from Friday (March 28) to assist in an investigation into a sedition case linked to a Facebook post that could threaten public order.
Zuhair Ahmad Zakuan, the lawyer representing the 41-year-old preacher along with nine other legal counsel, said the remand order was issued by Magistrate Ana Rozana Mohd Nor here.
The case is being investigated under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948, Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, and Section 298A of the Penal Code, he told reporters at the Kangar Court Complex.
It was reported on Thursday (March 27) that police arrested the preacher in Taman Melati Indah, Beseri here and would take him to the Padang Besar district police headquarters before applying for the remand order today.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain also confirmed on Thursday that the man was arrested following a police report lodged at the Dang Wangi police headquarters over his social media posts concerning the relocation of the Dewi Sri Pathrakaliamman Temple in Kuala Lumpur.
Razarudin said the complainant requested that police investigate the preacher over remarks which allegedly contained seditious elements and defamed the Hindu religion.
On Tuesday (March 25), Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa, announced that the new temple site is approximately 50m from its original location. – Bernama
